Public Statement
17 March 2025
Dear Eczacıbaşı Sports Club fans and esteemed members of the press,
Following the conversations held with our head coach Ferhat Akbaş, who has served as the head coach of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit since the 2021-2022 season and has made significant contributions, including winning the 2021-2022 CEV Cup, the 2023 FIVB Women's Club World Championship, and advancing to the final of the 2023 CEV Champions League; it has been decided by mutual agreement to terminate our contract beacuse of his role in Japan Women's National Volleyball Team.
We would like to thank Ferhat Akbaş for his contributions to our club and wish him success in his role as head coach of the Japan Women's National Volleyball Team, which will be trained by a foreign coach for the first time in its history, as well as in his future career.
Our Youth Team Technical Coordinator, Hüseyin Doğanyüz, who has made significant and successful contributions to Turkish Volleyball, has been appointed as the head coach of our team until the end of the season. We wish him success in his new role.
Respectfully announced to the public.
Eczacıbaşı Sports Club
About Hüseyin Doğanyüz
Born in Ankara in 1968, Hüseyin Doğanyüz started his sports career at TED Ankara College. He graduated from Gazi University, Faculty of Sports Sciences in 1995.
Doğanyüz, who worked in the Sultans League and upper leagues for many years, achieved 2nd place in Europe and countless Turkish championships with Vakıfbank during his time as an assistant coach. He achieved 2nd place in the Turkish League with Emlak Toki in 2004 and ISF World Championship with Özel Ayşe Abla College in 2016. Doğanyüz achieved success in advancing to the Sultans League with the Karayolları team, of which he was the head coach. In his career, he worked in VakıfBank, Turkey U17 National Team (assistant coach), Karşıyaka, Emlak Toki, A National Women's Volleyball Team (assistant coach), Türk Telekom, Ankaragücü, U17 National Team, Ankara DSİ GSK, Karayolları and Zerenspor, respectively.
